Did you know that you get a new skeleton every seven
years? Your bone marrow is constantly
creating new bone, and you’re sloughing off old cells so that your skeleton can
grow with your body.
Change is necessary for
growth.
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Restructuring prepares
the church for growth and to break through barriers.
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About 95 percent
of all the churches in the world stop growing before they get to 300 people
because they are structured to be at a size less than 300.
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It’s not the
problem of the pastor or the people; it’s a problem of the structure.
We often ask the wrong
question.
The wrong question is, “What
will help my church grow?”
The right question is, “What
is keeping my church from growing?”
Growth is natural. All living
things naturally grow. I don’t have to command my grandkids to grow; they just
do it, if they’re healthy. If your church is healthy, then it is going to
automatically grow.
May we pray for and seek to be healthy churches. Amen?